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Quarter Dollars 1894 NGC graded Proof 66. <b>A top-end Proof from this important late-19th century design by Charles E. Barber. The devices are needle-sharp and 100% struck while the fields are nicely mirrored and the whole coin bathed in pale gray color. Sharp as any Proof 66 you will encounter. Mintage was 972, of which far too few examples remain in this elusive state of preservation. With the World's Fair in Chicago just winding down, a new celebration half a continent further west opened for the year 1894. This is the California Midwinter Exposition of 1894 held in San Francisco, the city by the bay. It's purpose was "to bring to California an exposition of worldwide interest and significance; to divert public from the Panic of 1893; to bring homeseekers to the state, showing them 'resources and versatility of its inhabitants." Today the Midwinter Expo is all but forgotten, though attendance topped two and a quarter million people by the time it closed July 9, 1894. Curiously, and unlike similar big shindigs of the day, the United States Mint had no exhibit there. Collectors would have to order their 1894 Proof sets direct from the mint in Philadelphia.</b> <p align="center">Superior Galleries was founded in 1929 and has been a leader in
the numismatic auction business since 1971.</p> <p align="center"><b>Consignments wanted for June 2 & 3, 2002 Pre-Long Beach Sale.</b></p> <p align="center"><b>Call Steve Deeds</b> at (800) 421-0754 ext 230.</p>
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